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Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date, attorney says
Sepulvado was Louisiana's oldest prisoner on death row at 81. "The idea that the State was planning to strap this tiny, frail, dying old man to a chair and force him to breathe toxic gas into his failing lungs is simply barbaric,
Death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before scheduled March 17 execution
Sepulvado was sentenced to die for the 1992 murder of his 6-year-old stepson, Wesley Allen Mercer, whom authorities said was beaten and scalded to death. The boy’s mother Yvonne Jones was convicted of manslaughter in the death and served more than seven years in prison.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
Louisiana death row inmate dies of illness weeks before scheduled execution
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was the DeSoto Parish man sentenced to death for the beating and scalding death of his 6-year-old stepson in 1992.
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
In first for state, South Carolina death row inmate elects to die by firing squad
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or the electric chair.
Death row inmate dies one month before he’s set to be executed for brutal killing of young stepson
An 81-year-old death row inmate who was convicted of the brutal murder of his young stepson died one month before he was scheduled to be executed by the state of Louisiana, according to local reports.
Lawyers spar over COVID-related agreement that shields some on Georgia's death row from execution
The state of Georgia said during Thursday arguments that a COVID-19 pandemic-related agreement shielding certain people on ...
Glynn Simmons spends two years on Oklahoma death row. It was only the beginning. Ch. 5
This was Simmons’ new reality. The young man from Louisiana who never had any prior convictions now languished in his tiny cell in Oklahoma.
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...
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Policemen arrested for arranging 'party' for death row convict
Several Lahore police personnel have been arrested for arranging a feast for a death row convict at Services Hospital. The ...
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South Carolina man on death row chooses execution by firing squad
Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2002, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.
Glynn Simmons spent 48 years in prison for wrongful conviction. What is he owed? Postscript
Glynn Simmons believes police made no mistake when they failed to turn over a critical lineup report before his 1975 trial.
Alabama inmate resentenced to life after 28 years on death row for 1995 police officer’s murder
Larry Wayne Whitehead, 62, was convicted in 1996 for the death of Albertville police officer and detective Andrew Whitten.
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Death penalty case revived in federal courts, raising questions about Louisiana execution methods
The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...